My personal preferance would be this: Mayberry Township, Mount Airy County, North Carolina, USA
However, that is just me. Robert At 2010-04-30 11:32 PM, you wrote: >In this discussion, may I ask one other question? Where would some of >you put the TOWNSHIP in a 4 place location naming convention? The >United States and Canada are big on townships in a lot of places and >sometimes townships keep some records. > >In a 4 place naming convention I guess I would put something like this: > >New Haven, Lenox Township - Macomb County, Michigan, USA > >or short form > >New Haven, Lenox Twp - Macomb, MI, USA > >? > >On 4/30/2010 2:03 PM, Connie Sheets wrote: > > I never include USA in my locations, although I might if my > family were more recent immigrants. I do add the country on those > rare occasions when I find a cousin who emigrated to Canada or > Argentina. I have never comprehended the need for the blank comma convention. > > > > This means most of my locations are 3 part, although most of my > burial locations are 4 part because I include the name of the > cemetery in the location, e.g. Masonic Cem., Eagleville, Harrison > Co., Missouri. > > > > Any difficulty this may cause is solved, IMO, by a right to left, > rather than the default left to right, sort. > > > > I rarely use the word "of" for reasons already discussed, > although I do sometimes use "probably" in a death or birth location field. > > > > I'm sure there are some highly technical reasons why others would > be horrified by my methods, but they work for me. > > > > Connie Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
